by Mairead Cleary | November, 2015 | Blog, Outdoors, Wildlife
Australia’s deadliest animal is its best kept secret! High up in the canopy of the Australian forest lurks an animal so vicious, so quick, he can strike before you’ve had a second to get your animal repellant out of your Macpac. You might have all the best... 
by Mairead Cleary | November, 2015 | Blog, Nature Connection, Outdoors, Plant Life
I didn’t until recently. I could tell the difference in feel of a forest, particularly when climbing or dropping in altitude. The transition from dry to lush forest I’ve always found more pronounced that the transition from lush to dry. And the rainforest... 
by Mairead Cleary | October, 2015 | Blog, Outdoors
The Big Scrub was a massive area of subtropical lowland rainforest, 900 square kilometres in fact, that once covered North-Eastern NSW. It was the largest area of subtropical rainforest in Australia. To give a comparison, New York City (including all its boroughs)... 
by Mairead Cleary | September, 2015 | Blog, Outdoors, Tweed Area, Walking Adventures
Reaching the top of Mt Chowan is a challenge, but a worthy challenge. Mt Chowan sits in the north-eastern corner of Mt Jerusalem National Park and is 500m high. Fire trails lead up along the side of the mountain from the south and the north. This weekend we tackled... 
by Mairead Cleary | September, 2015 | Blog, Outdoors, Tweed Area, Walking Adventures
Stories and myths of unique landscape features are common across many cultures and bring the countryside to life. One of the many unique terrains in Ireland’s landscape is the Giant’s Causway. Known as Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach (both meaning the... 
by Mairead Cleary | September, 2015 | Blog, Health, Nature Connection, Outdoors
“Walking is man’s best medicine” according to Hippocrates and I tend to agree. Woman’s best medicine too for that matter, and kids. Walking is really good for your physical health but a lesser known fact is that it’s also excellent for your mental and...
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